Smolder
Computed from 127,904 ranked Solo/Duo games collected through the Riot API · patch 26.21.
| Role | Win Rate | Pick Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Top | 45.4% | 0.3% |
| Mid | 46.7% | 0.4% |
| ADC | 51.2% | 4.1% |
Smolder is banned in about 1.4% of games at this tier, one figure for the whole champion since bans happen before roles are picked. What ban rate measures.
Smolder's ADC win rate is 1.2 percentage points above an even 50% — Should I Dodge's win-probability model varies by about 4.8 percentage points of standard deviation from lobby to lobby across all ranks, purely from which champions get drawn, so this gap is smaller than that noise, not solid evidence the champion is unusually strong or weak right now.
Smolder is tracked in 3 roles at this tier scope; the per-tier, threat, and counters reporting below all use its highest-pick-rate role, ADC — its numbers in Top (0.3% pick rate) and Mid (0.4% pick rate) stay visible in the table above but aren't carried into the rest of this page.
Smolder's ADC Build
In Emerald+ games on patch 26.22 (including games from other ranks or the previous patch, as Emerald+ on this patch alone had too few), Smolder's most common ADC setup runs Flash and Barrier with Deathfire Touch, maxes Q first, and builds Essence Reaver, Black Cleaver, and Rapid Firecannon — 61.1% win rate over 26 games.
- Summoner spells
Flash + Barrier
71.9%20 games - Runes
Deathfire Touch + Inspiration
63.3%14 games - Skill priority Q > W > E 61.1%25 games
- Starter
Doran's Helm + Health Potion
55.6%13 games - Boots
Gluttonous Greaves
61.6%12 games - First three items
Essence Reaver → Black Cleaver → Rapid Firecannon
100.0%5 games
Smolder's ADC Win Rate By Tier
| Tier | Win Rate | Pick Rate | Games | Edge (noise-widths) | Clears 0.5σ? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron | 50.9% | 3.5% | 8,768 | 0.12σ | No |
| Bronze | 50.8% | 3.9% | 12,507 | 0.13σ | No |
| Silver | 52.6% | 4.2% | 17,066 | 0.45σ | No |
| Gold | 51.0% | 4.5% | 20,932 | 0.19σ | No |
| Platinum | 51.3% | 4.3% | 21,738 | 0.27σ | No |
| Emerald | 50.2% | 3.7% | 14,928 | 0.04σ | No |
| Diamond | 48.8% | 2.9% | 10,318 | 0.26σ | No |
| Master | 48.4% | 1.7% | 2,757 | 0.33σ | No |
Smolder's ADC win rate ranges from 48.4% at Master to 52.6% at Silver across the 8 of 10 ranked tiers with at least 200 games in this role — a 4.2-point spread. Measured against each tier's own noise floor, that's 0.45σ at Silver and 0.33σ at Master, with neither clearing the 0.5σ bar Should I Dodge itself requires before calling a reading anything but Neutral. 2 tiers under 200 games not shown.
- Power curve
- Strong late game
- Threats
- Poke and sustained auto-attack damage
Curated reads, not measured: how we judge these
Who Counters Smolder in ADC?
Champions That Counter Smolder
| Champion | Win Rate vs Smolder | Edge (noise-widths) |
|---|---|---|
Aurora |
55.4% | 1.13σ |
Zyra |
55.2% | 1.08σ |
Quinn |
54.6% | 0.96σ |
Tahm Kench |
53.3% | 0.69σ |
Morgana |
53.2% | 0.66σ |
Champions Smolder Counters
| Champion | Win Rate vs Smolder | Edge (noise-widths) |
|---|---|---|
Vex |
39.5% | 2.20σ |
Sion |
42.7% | 1.53σ |
Ekko |
42.7% | 1.53σ |
Sett |
43.2% | 1.43σ |
Corki |
43.8% | 1.30σ |
At most five champions are listed in each direction for Smolder: the 5 that counter it here lean control-heavy, with a tight, 2-point spread — none of them stand out much from the others among them, while 5 favourable matchups round out the picture — most matchups you could actually face simply aren't covered.